The basketball season, especially in a league like the ACC, is a tough grind. Players balance classes, final exams, holiday season, flu and cold season, a new set of classes, mid-terms, and more all while traveling around the country to play 2-3 games a week for five months, some of which come with just a day of rest. I’m exhausted just typing it out. Needless to say, it’s impossible to be on your “A” game every night out. Losses are assured of happening, with most teams dropping at least one game a year that from the outside looking in appears to be a real head scratcher.